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	Neiman Marcus says 'complex' malware defeated its security Neiman Marcus was unaware attackers had harvested payment card details until six weeks after the activity had ended, when its merchant processor zeroed in on a fraudulent spending pattern. Read More   WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Make the Challenges of Remote Office IT a Thing of the Past Join us to see why PC Pro named Dell PowerEdge VRTX the "2013 Server of the Year." PowerEdge VRTX may be just what you need in your remote and branch offices to redefine your IT operations. Take advantage of the onboard shared storage, then scale over time as needed. Learn more In this Issue The 12 best PCs you can still get that run Windows 7 Microsoft grows revenue, improves profits in Q2 Microsoft loses money on each Surface sold After 10 years on Mars, rover Opportunity makes big water find The Internet of Things for sports is quickly taking shape U.S. privacy watchdog: NSA phone records program is illegal Qualcomm buys Palm, iPaq patents from HP Thieves steal $2 million from gas station ATMs using Bluetooth skimmers CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked Ouch -- Facebook called a 'twit' for Twitter-like trending feature WEBCAST: PC Connection, Inc. in Partnership with HP Data Center Expansion Made Painless To support their data analytics needs and business growth, AddThis turned to PC Connection to scale the computing capacity in their data centers and to create a more robust network. Learn more by viewing the video case study. Learn More The 12 best PCs you can still get that run Windows 7 Here are 12 good laptops and desktops that will run Windows 7 for a very long time. Read More   Microsoft grows revenue, improves profits in Q2 A big jump in sales in Microsoft's consumer hardware devices unit, which includes its Xbox gaming console and Surface tablets, helped the company grow its revenue 14 percent and slightly improve profits year-on-year in its second fiscal quarter. Read More   Microsoft loses money on each Surface sold Microsoft lost $39 million last quarter selling its Surface tablets, the company acknowledged in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Read More   After 10 years on Mars, rover Opportunity makes big water find After 10 years on Mars, NASA's rover Opportunity has discovered evidence of an ancient wet and mild environment that is much older than previously thought. Read More   The Internet of Things for sports is quickly taking shape Jason Fass, the CEO of Zepp Labs, imagines a future for sports where sensors are everywhere -- in balls, bats, footballs and in a player's clothing. It's hard not to get caught up in the vision. Read More   WEBCAST: SAP Big Data and Big Insights with Dell, SAP and Hadoop Big Data is already a trend that companies are jumping to. The possibility of exploiting massive amounts of data from multiple sources to make sound business decisions seemed like nirvana a couple of years ago; however now this is a reality. View more. Learn more U.S. privacy watchdog: NSA phone records program is illegal The National Security Agency should abandon its collection of U.S. telephone records because the surveillance program is illegal, a government privacy oversight board said. Read More   Qualcomm buys Palm, iPaq patents from HP Qualcomm has acquired a large patent portfolio related to Palm, iPaq and the Bitfone device management platform from Hewlett-Packard for an undisclosed sum. Read More   Thieves steal $2 million from gas station ATMs using Bluetooth skimmers Prosecutors in New York have charged 13 members of a gang accused of stealing $2 million from gas station customers using Bluetooth-enabled skimmers hidden inside pump ATMs. Read More   CNN's Twitter and Facebook accounts hacked A number of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were hacked Thursday by a group styling itself as the Syrian Electronic Army. Read More   Ouch -- Facebook called a 'twit' for Twitter-like trending feature A new feature on Facebook designed to keep people abreast of certain topics has sparked criticism from some users who want it gone, calling it nothing more than a cheap Twitter knock-off. Read More
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